Antiquarenbeurs Mechelen

 
 

Exhibitor

Florisatus Fine Books
Plein 19 C
2511 CS Den Haag
Netherlands

Contact

Edwin & Liesbeth Bloemsaat

Phone

+31 (0) 614 270 027 +31 (0) 614 270 027

Email

finebooks@florisatus.nl

Website

ilab.org/affiliate/florisatus-fine-books-manuscripts-musicalia

17th century supralibros plate tool
Bronze oval supralibros plate tool (110 x 87 mm) mounted on wooden block (total hight 55 mm) showing the alliance coat of arms of Bernardin-Roger van den Zype and Marie Madeleine the Melgar. Like his father Pierre, Bernardin-Roger was a lawyer at the Grand Council of Mechelen; Marie-Madeleine was a daughter of Francisco de Melgar, from a Spanish family settled in Bruges.

-Literature: Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique 1853, p. 236; Cf. de Jonghe, Armorial Belge du Bibliophile III, 917 (Van den Zype family crest 17th century); Le Parchemin, janvier 1958. p. 32.

-Condition: Some wormholes in the wood; Modern label on the backside; In very fine condition.
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